House Carpenter

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[Verse 1]
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We’ve met, we’ve met, my old true love
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We’ve met, we’ve met, said he
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I’ve just returned from the salt, salt sea
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And it's all for the love of thee

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[Verse 2]
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I could have married the King’s daughter fair
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She would have married me
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But I’ve forsaken her crown of gold
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And it's all for the love of thee

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[Verse 3]
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Come in, come in, my old true love
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Come in, she said to him
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For it’s been three fourths of a long, long year
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Since together we have been

[Verse 4]
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No, I can’t come in, nor I can’t sit down
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For I have but a moment’s time
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And they say that you’re married to a house carpenter
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And your heart will never be mine

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[Verse 5]
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Will you come with me, my old true love?
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Oh come with me, said he
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And I’ll take you to where the grass grows green
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On the banks of Bittery

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[Verse 6]
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Then she picked up her sweet little babe
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And kisses she gave it three
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Sayin', stay at home my darlin’ little babe
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And keep your papa company

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[Verse 7]
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Then he jumped on a milk white steppe
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And her on a dapple grey
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They rode until they came to the banks of a sea
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Three hours before the break of day

[Verse 8]
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They had not been on the ship two weeks
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I’m sure it was not three
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Until his true love began to weep and to mourn
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And she wept most bitterly

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[Verse 9]
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Oh, is it for my silver you weep?
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Is it for my store?
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Or is it for that house carpenter
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Whose face you’ll never see no more?

[Verse 10]
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It’s neither for you silver I weep
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And neither for your store
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But it’s all for the sake of my sweet little babe
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Whose face I’ll never see no more

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[Verse 11]
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Then a curse, a curse to the sailor she cried
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A curse, a curse, she swore
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You’ve robbed me of my house carpenter
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Whose face I’ll never see no more

[Verse 12]
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They had not been on the ship three weeks
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I’m sure it was not four
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Till they sprang a leak in the bottom of the ship
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And it sunk for to rise no more